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Livio News Reader vs Thud: catalog facts
Livio News Reader	Thud
Free Free and open source under the GPL-2.0 licence.	Free Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.
Android	Android
Ready-made feed catalogue in seven languages Text to speech for listening to articles	No algorithmic filtering of feeds Mosaic layout for scanning headlines
Minimal feature set compared with full feed readers No sync with self-hosted feed services mentioned	Android only Simpler than full-featured feed readers
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0-only	License: AGPL-3.0-only
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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